Marcus Smith

I am an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and international athlete. With a clear vision of building brands that improve people’s lives through health, culture and environment, I have developed and established three successful businesses, including international performance company, InnerFight; Paleo food provider, Smith St Paleo; and culture and environment marketing agency, Dominate.

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When I first heard of ultra marathons, the thought of running long distances day after day, in the same clothes, carrying your own food and sleeping under the stars sounded about as appealing as pouring acid in my eyes.
I actually never for one second thought that I would do anything of the sort.
I was then listening to a friend explain in some quite gruesome detail the discomfort of these races physically and mentally as he wrapped up his account explaining how he had contracted disentry during an ultra he had done. What a sales pitch.
Sales pitch it did turn out to be as it started some thought process in my head. I'm not sure what the first thoughts were really. Perhaps a weird focus on the fact that during these races you wore the same clothes and didn't shower for up to 7 day...

Who Am I?

I am an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and international athlete. With a clear vision of building brands that improve people’s lives through health, culture and environment, I have developed and established three successful businesses, including international performance company, InnerFight; Paleo food provider, Smith St Paleo; and culture and environment marketing agency, Dominate.

With a competitive sporting background, I played professional rugby from the age of 18, with a major highlight being my participation in the 2009 IRB Rugby Sevens World Cup. Retiring from the game in 2010, I remain highly active and now compete in CrossFit, as well as numerous extreme endurance events and challenges.

I believe that developing mental strength through physical challenges is one of the keys to a successful life and have multiple challenges and ultramarathons to my name, including the toughest footrace on earth, the Marathon Des Sables, which saw me run 250km self-supported across the Sahara desert in 2015.

With a firm belief that human connection to brands lays within the culture and environment they create, I have taken this concept forward from my marketing agency, Dominate, to the other companies in my expanding portfolio, InnerFight and Smith St. Paleo.

Prior to establishing my first business InnerFight, I spent 10 years in the sporting goods industry, with over five years as a sales director at market leader, Adidas.

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“Motivational”, “thought provoking”, “inspirational”, “forward thinking” are some words that my audiences have used to describe my talks.

From 50 people to 500 people, from kids to adults, I connect with and speak to a huge range of people with a simple vision of making their lives better through sharing my experiences and my take on life.

“Lessons From The Desert” has gained me international respect as I share my lessons from 2 years of running over 2,000km across some of the worlds most brutal deserts.